Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB was 33.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB in Papua New Guinea, 2006–2022
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb in Papua New Guinea is 33.0%, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.7% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb in Papua New Guinea peaked at 75.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2006.
Papua New Guinea ranks 151st of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10.0% | — |
| 2010 | 39.0% | +290.0% |
| 2011 | 14.0% | -64.1% |
| 2012 | 55.0% | +292.9% |
| 2014 | 52.0% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 68.0% | +30.8% |
| 2016 | 75.0% | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 59.0% | -21.3% |
| 2019 | 70.0% | +18.6% |
| 2020 | 72.0% | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 53.0% | -26.4% |
| 2022 | 33.0% | -37.7% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 33.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 76.0%, 43% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 33.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 73.0%, 45% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +292.9% | 14.0% | 55.0% |
| 2010 | +290.0% | 10.0% | 39.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 56.3% | 14.0% | 75.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 52.7% | 33.0% | 72.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 149 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 42.0% compare
- 150 Singapore 39.0% compare
- 151 Bosnia and Herzegovina 33.0% compare
- 151 Guyana 33.0% compare
- 151 Trinidad and Tobago 33.0% compare
More health data for Papua New Guinea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.77 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.3741 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,127 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,501 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 2 (2023)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0555 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.2621 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb in Papua New Guinea?
- Treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb in Papua New Guinea was 33.0% in 2022, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 75.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2006.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 151st out of 163 countries with data for 2022.
- Is treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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